Reading Classes

On Culture and Classism in America

Author: Barbara Jensen
ISBN: 9780801477799

Discussions of class make many Americans uncomfortable. This accessible book makes class visible in everyday life. Solely identifying political and economic inequalities between classes offers an incomplete picture of class dynamics in America, and may not connect with people's lived experiences. In Reading Classes, Barbara Jensen explores the anguish caused by class in our society, identifying classism-or anti-working class prejudice-as a central factor in the reproduction of inequality in America. Giving voice to the experiences and inner lives of working-class people, Jensen-a community and counseling psychologist-provides an in-depth, psychologically informed examination of how class in America is created and re-created through culture, with an emphasis on how working- and middle-class cultures differ and conflict. This book is unique in its claim that working-class cultures have positive qualities that serve to keep members within them, and that can haunt those who leave them behi

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publish Date: 2012

Subjects: Social Science / Social Classes, Social Science / Sociology / General, Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Class/Economics)